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On Halo 2 Achievements

by Maarten Goldstein Mar 06, 2007 5:07pm CST tags: Halo
The IGN Blog website has a new Halo 2 blog, which covers the game's support of achievements. Popular on the Xbox 360, the achievement system is part of the Vista Live for Windows platform. As you'd expect, there is an incentive for paying for a Gold (subscription based) account.
Silver accounts on LIVE can earn achievements on the single-player campaign, and play in multiplayer games. Gold accounts on LIVE have the added benefit of being able to earn achievements in both single-player campaign and multiplayer matches.

A Gold account will also be required for Shadowrun cross-platform play.

"What the hell is an achievment and why would I want one? Is it like in school when you got a gold..."27 Comments
                                                          

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